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Museums hold large collections of items relating to their subject, building some of the largest complexes in the world in order to store and exhibit the collection in a controlled atmosphere. The world's most important museums have also engaged in various expansion projects through the years, expanding their total exhibition space.
The following is a list of art museums ranked according to their gallery space where published by reliable sources. Only museums with more than 8,000 square meters (86,000 sq ft) of gallery space are included.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. National Gallery of Art, East Building, Washington DC Museum of Modern Art, New York City National Museum of American History, Washington D.C. This is a list of the most-visited museums in the United States in 2023 and 2022.
See List of museums in New York. See also Category:Museums in New York (state). See also List of university art museums and galleries in New York State. See also List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City. See also List of museums in New York City. See also List of museums on Long Island.
National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. ... One of the largest museums in North Africa, the Egyptian Museum houses nearly 120,000 ancient Egyptian artifacts and ...
In July 2018, Art of Native America opened in the American Wing. [57] This marked the first appearance of Indigenous American art in the museum's vast American wing. [58] Art of Native America was accompanied by a statement from the institution. "The American Wing acknowledges the sovereign Native American and Indigenous communities ...
With a cost of approximately $219 million, the expansion increased the size of the museum's gallery space by a factor of five, increasing the property's size by 130 acres (53 ha), and included substantial landscaping changes. [6] [7] With the expansion, Glenstone became the largest private contemporary art museum in the United States. [8]
This is a list of the most visited museums in each region in 2023, based upon the annual reports of museum attendance from the Art Newspaper Review, and from official national sources. If 2023 figures are not available, earlier figures are shown, with the year indicated.